The tragedy of the commons, the public goods dilemma, and the meaning of rivalry and excludability in evolutionary biology

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 321-332

  Dionisio, Francisco ^a   Gordo, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Collective action; Excludability; Prisoner's dilemma; Public goods dilemma; Rivalry; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645865566     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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